Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2012, 60(1), 145-154 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201260010145

Biology of Byctiscus populi (L.) (Coleoptera, Attelabidae). Part I. Last year's imagoes

Jaroslav Urban
Ústav ochrany lesů a myslivosti, Mendelova univerzita v Brně, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Česká republika

The biology of Byctiscus populi (L.) was studied on Populus tremula L. in Forest District Bílovice nad Svitavou (former district of Brno-venkov) in the period 2007 to 2009. Last year's imagoes occurred there from the third decade of April until the end of July. Females lived in the laboratory on average 1.5 months and damaged 7.2 to 19.2 cm2 leaves. In nature, females live on average two months. They produce 20 to 30 leafrolls and lay 30 to 41 eggs. Every day, they roll up 0 to 4 (on average 0.4) leafrolls and lay 0 to 6 (on average 0.8) eggs. They lay 0 to 4 (on average 1.3) eggs into one leafroll, in the laboratory 0 to 8 (on average 2.2) eggs. In 67% leafrolls, leaves are rolled up by their adaxial face outwards, in 32% inward and in 1% towards both faces. The production of rolls (from the beginning of biting out holes into petioles to leafroll sticking) takes on average two hours. Two thirds of rolls persist on shoots for the period of 1 to 4 weeks. At one third of rolls, females bite out the petioles immediately after rolling up the leaf blades and rolls fall to the soil surface.

Keywords: Byctiscus populi, Attelabidae, host tree species, occurrence and feeding the last year's imagoes, reproduction
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The paper was prepared at the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno within the MSM 6215648902 research project.

Received: December 7, 2011; Prepublished online: October 5, 2013; Published: October 9, 2013  Show citation

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Urban, J. (2012). Biology of Byctiscus populi (L.) (Coleoptera, Attelabidae). Part I. Last year's imagoes. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 60(1), 145-154. doi: 10.11118/actaun201260010145
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